Links for you. Science:

Parents question federal response after son’s near-death encounter with E. coli (mostly of interest because most people don’t realize the U.S. does have longstanding successful surveillance programs)
The Caribbean has been unusually warm. That’s not a good thing.
Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning
More children are getting kidney stones. Experts think it’s their diet.
How much alcohol is safe to drink?
Multi-omic profiling a defined bacterial consortium for treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection

Other:

Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown. President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border. (but why don’t people trust public health officials something something)
The Democratic Party’s Blue MAGA Problem: Acknowledge It And Fix It
The Year Democrats Lost the Internet
Kash Patel Believes the FBI Planned Jan. 6th
How to take on the billionaires — and win
Why Mike Johnson’s fake “Jefferson prayer” matters
How Crazy Was The Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber?
The R-Word’s Comeback Is a Grim Sign of Our Political Moment
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Infamous ‘Pizzagate’ gunman shot dead after pulling gun during traffic stop
Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook’s Censorship
Donald Trump Jr.’s Ridiculous Greenland Trip Just Took a Dark Turn. It appears the whole thing was staged.
The Crisis of Gender Relations
University of West Florida braces for leadership changes (“He concluded the talk by suggesting that “the effort to erase the old standard of public men and private woman has been a mistake.””)
The New Rasputins: Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
Anita Bryant Dead. The LGBTQ community outlives another one.
Creation Museum/Ark Encounter Ex-Staffer And Church Worship Leader Arrested On Child Sex Charges
RFK isn’t big enough for a stadium with NFL-sized parking
California’s Fires Show How Climate Will Destabilize Our Politics and Daily Life
Oligarch farmers and the fires in Los Angeles
‘Entirely foreseeable’: The L.A. fires are the worst-case scenario experts feared
As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
“Little Fish”
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
Elon Musk is the new emperor of misinformation
Where the Left Went Wrong on Homelessness